Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:25:21 -0400
To: announce@list.gcsu.edu
From: Jane Rose <jane.rose@gcsu.edu>
Subject: Info. for faculty

Some faculty have asked about how they can access the University Profile System (UPS), so here is a brief guide.
For more explanation of the UPS, go to the Academic Affairs Handbook 3.05.06, 3.05.06.1, 3.05.06.2, 3.05.06.3, 3.05.06.4

The University Profile System is an on-line source for detailed and current information about academic units, the programs they deliver, the courses in those programs, and the instructors of those course.  The information contained in the UPS is more complete than in the catalog, and it addresses issues required by SACS (e.g., degree and course outcomes or instructors' qualifications).  The information categories can be accessed directly, but they are also linked (i.e., one can go from degree, to each course within degree, to instructors for each of those courses).

It can be access via the Academic Assessment page (from the e-Cats Faculty menu) or direct at this url:
http://info.gcsu.edu/intranet/Academicassessment/univ_profile.htm
Anyone may view this information.
Deans and chairs have access to revise information at any time--the goals is that it be as current and accurate as possible.

Academic Information
Profiles each school by providing 
o       contact information for the deans office
o       school mission
o       school goals and outcomes
o       current school improvement plan
o       electronic links to each department in the school

 Profiles each department by providing 
o       contact information for chairs office and electronic links to the school information
o       departmental mission
o       departmental goals and outcomes
o       current departmental improvement plan
o       electronic links to each major degree program offered by the department
 
Degree Information
Profiles each degree program by providing
o       contact information for the program directors office and electronic links to the   school and department information
o       mission of degree
o       goals and student learning outcomes for degree
o       description and requirements of degree
o       electronic links to each course required for the degree
 
Course Information
Profiles each course by providing 
o       electronic links to the school and department offering the course
o       catalog information about the course (hours, credits, prerequisites)
o       function of the course in terms of the degree(s) requiring it
o       range of topics covered in the course, regardless of instructor
o       student learning outcomes for the course
o       grading criteria for the course
o       electronic links to each instructor teaching the degree

Faculty Information
Profiles each instructor by providing
o       contact information for the instructor, including electronic links to the school and department
o       list of degrees and disciplines with degree-granting institutions
o       for each course taught by the instructor, an explanation of whether the instructor is qualified by advanced degree or by some other     professional experience. 




Jane A. Rose, Ph.D.
Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Assessment
Professor of English
GC&SU, Box 75
Milledgeville, GA 31061
478-445-0146 / Fax -0147